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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Connecticut

RALEIGH, N.C., April 25, 2017 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Connecticut nursery growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2018 crop year is May 1. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the May 1 sales closing date to do so. Growers applying for the first time may purchase coverage at…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Connecticut

RALEIGH, N.C., February 17, 2017 – The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Connecticut growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage on most spring-planted crops for the 2017 crop year is March 15, 2017. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until March 15 to do so.

Crop insurance provides protection…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Connecticut

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 20, 2016 – The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Connecticut apple and peach growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2017 crop year is November 20, 2016. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until November 20 to do so.

Crop insurance provides protection against crop…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 17, 2016 – The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds beekeepers and pasture, rangeland and forage producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage under the Rainfall Index program for the 2017 crop year is November 15, 2016. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until November 15 to do so.…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Connecticut

RALEIGH, N.C., April 19, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Connecticut nursery growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2017 crop year is May 1. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing coverage also have until the May 1 sales closing date to do so. Growers applying for the first time may purchase coverage at…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Connecticut

RALEIGH, N.C., March 2, 2016 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Connecticut producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance coverage on most insurable spring-planted crops is March 15. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until the March 15 sales closing date to do so.

Crop insurance provides protection…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Connecticut

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 5, 2015 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Connecticut apple and peach growers that the final date to apply for crop insurance on next year’s crop is November 20. Current policyholders who wish to make changes to their existing policies also have until November 20 to do so.

Price elections for 2016 are $15.95 per bushel for fresh apples, $5.05 per bushel…

Crop Insurance Expanded in Connecticut

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 15, 2015 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) will now provide pasture, rangeland and forage (PRF) coverage in Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, and Windham counties for 2016. Producers have until November 15, 2015, to buy coverage under the Rainfall Index program on their 2016 crop.

The Rainfall Index is a…

Important Crop Insurance Deadline Near for Connecticut Producers

RALEIGH, N.C., May 13, 2015 — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds all Connecticut producers that they need to have their Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and Wetland Conservation (WC) Certification form (AD-1026) on file with their local…

Crop Insurance Deadline Nears in Connecticut

RALEIGH, N.C., April 1, 2015 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Connecticut nursery producers that the final date for a new applicant to apply for 2016 nursery crop insurance is May 1, 2015.

New applications may be filed anytime. However, all applications including those for new or amended coverage are subject to a 30-day waiting period before commencement of coverage.…